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Silly Season Stuff

Silly Season Stuff: Nearly 300 days ago, teams were getting ready to head to Daytona with hopes of a great year. Some were well-established teams while others were just hoping to make it in the big time. Do you realize that, of the 53 teams that drove through the tunnel...

Bliss on the pole at Homestead:

CTS points leader, #16-Mike Bliss, won the pole for the Ford 200 with a speed of 147.111mph, with 3rd in points #1-Ted Musgrave qualifying 2nd at 146.991 and 2nd in points #14-Rick Crawford qualifying 4th at 145.447. #2-Jason Leffler will start 3rd at 146.171 and #...

Pemberton leaving the #77 for the #36? UPDATE 2 Official:

Pemberton leaving the #77 for the #36? UPDATE 2 Official: Crew chief Ryan Pemberton will leave his post with Blaney at the end of the season and replace Newt Moore on the #36 US Army Pontiac to driven by Jerry Nadeau.(Sporting News) AND The #77 Jasper Motorsports team...

Boris Said to run Homestead:

Boris Said to run Homestead: Boris Said who ran both road-course races (at Sears Point and Watkins Glen) in the #67 Jasper Ford this summer, will be attempting to qualify for his first oval race in a Winston Cup car; he has two starts at HMS in the Craftsman Truck ...

Homestead Testing from Tuesday:

Homestead Testing from Tuesday: #20-Tony Stewart topped the speed charts for the second consecutive day at the final test session before Ford Championship Weekend November 14-17 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Stewart and five other drivers tested under sunny skies, temperatures...

Testing at Homestead UPDATE Stewart fastest:

Testing at Homestead UPDATE Stewart fastest: #20-Tony Stewart is headlining a group of ten drivers who will test at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Monday, November 4 and Tuesday, November 5 from 9:00am - 5:00pm/et each day. Admission is free to the public for the test...

Starr on the pole at California:

#75-David Starr narrowly beat #20-Coy Gibbs on Friday to win the pole for Saturday's American Racing Wheels 200 at California Speedway with a speed of 175.850mph, Gibbs ran 175.824. #8-Bill Lester will start 3rd at 175.627, #16-Mike Bliss grabbed the 4th spot at 175...

#92 Melling Racing and Pressley to run at Talladega:

#92 Melling Racing and Pressley to run at Talladega: Robert Pressley will reunite with Melling Racing this weekend at Talladega to drive the #92 Dodge, sponsored by Melling Engine Parts. Pressley drove for Melling at this year's Daytona 500, where, during time trials...

Stewart and Harvick set to races trucks ar RIR:

Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick will join the mix of the most competitive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season in history when they drive in the Virginia is for Lovers 200 race on Thursday, September 5 at Richmond International Raceway. Also expected to drive in the...

Stewart and Harvick set to races trucks ar RIR:

Stewart and Harvick set to races trucks ar RIR: Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick will join the mix of the most competitive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season in history when they drive in the Virginia is for Lovers 200 race on Thursday, September 5 at Richmond International...

Donlavey back at RIR?

Donlavey back at RIR? #90 team owner Junie Donlavey is contemplating a return to Winston Cup racing later this year. Donlavey has approached Robert Pressley about driving for the team in the Sept. 7 Monte Carlo 400 at his home track, Richmond International Raceway, ...

Interesting Rookie Fact:

Interesting Rookie Fact: Only two rookies have led a lap at Watkins Glen since Winston Cup returned to the track in 1986. Ted Musgrave led one lap in 1991, and Robert Pressley led one lap in 1995.(Richmond Times Dispatch), make it three as #12-Ryan Newman led 11 laps...

Bliss on the pole at Nashville:

Points leader #16-Mike Bliss won the pole Friday for the CTS Federated Auto Parts 200 on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Bliss, five points ahead of #29-Terry Cook and 29 in front of #2-Jason Leffler after 14 of 22 events, drove his Chevrolet to a track-record...

Cook wins race at IRP:

#29-Terry Cook dominated Friday's Power Stroke Diesel 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park, leading 189 laps and winning the Truck series race by more than a second. Cook, who started on the pole in his Ford, won for the second time in three races and posted a season-high...

Cook wins pole at IRP:

#29-Terry Cook won the pole at IRP with a speed of 108.549mph. #2-Jason Leffler will start 2nd at 108.240, followed by #16-Mike Bliss at 108.074; #18-Robert Pressley at 107.980; and (a nice surprise) #63-Carl Edwards at 107.650. See lineup at MotorsportsOne or NASCAR...

the #18 picks up another sponsor:

Bobby Hamilton Racing has announced the signing of Dickies work clothes as the sponsor of its #18 Dodge in the CTS for the remainder of this season and 2003. The Dickies Square D Dodge driven by Robert Pressley is scheduled to make its first run today in the Power ...

Trucks at Pocono? at Talladega? UPDATE:

Apparently, a handful of representatives from NASCARs Craftsman Truck Series will test within the next few days at Pocono Raceway, the obvious intent being at least one race in that series here in 2003. One of the reasons for the absence of Busch Grand National and...

Trucks at Pocono? at Talladega? UPDATE:

Trucks at Pocono? at Talladega? UPDATE: Apparently, a handful of representatives from NASCAR' Craftsman Truck Series will test within the next few days at Pocono Raceway, the obvious intent being at least one race in that series here in 2003. One of the reasons for...

Pressley wins at MIS:

#18-Robert Pressley edged #2-Jason Leffler by 0.102 seconds in the eighth-closest finish in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history to win the Michigan 200 on Saturday. Pressley led 74 of 100 laps and won for the second time this season. He averaged a series track-record...

Dodge has quite a weekend:

Dodge has quite a weekend: Dodge posted wins in the Winston Cup and ARCA series at Pocono with Bill Elliott and Casey Atwood(ARCA), in the BGN series with Hank Park Jr, and in the CTS series with Robert Pressley.(7-28-2002)...